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Lorna
It’s something of a
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family business as the single- handed GP who is is Lorna
Dhami’s boss is is also her husband Dr Dav Dhami Dhami “We know know lots of our patients really well we we know know their family dynamics and and how they’ll respond to what’s happening in in in their lives and and that’s a
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great help ” says Lorna
“Our whole team including the the receptionists go the the extra mile to see people alright It’s a
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very tight team ” THE NURSING INSTITUTE SCOTLA
Having started out as a
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midwife and following three children of her own Lorna
did a
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Practice Nursing degree at Glasgow
Caledonian University and joined Dav in in in the surgery 22 years ago The workload
has intensi ed considerably and she now spends her day providing practice practice nursing
cover for 1 700 people on the the practice practice list the the the the oldest of of whom is is 95 “It’s notorious as a
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tough part of of of the the the city but the the the people are lovely They really do do have a
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heart of of gold and would would do do anything for for you ” ” says Lorna
“I wouldn’t swap it for for the world ” In the early days Easterhouse was predominantly
white working class but new housing developments and Glasgow’s policy of taking in in in in asylum seekers has diversi ed the the population considerably “It’s a
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much more multicultural place now the the dynamic is changing and it has been welcomed ” says Lorna
Promoting and protecting the health of her patients is is Lorna’s raison d’être Clinical interventions – – stitching bandaging ear syringing and and the the the like – – is is delegated to the the the treatment room nurses based elsewhere in in in in the the the health The practice that Lorna
manages in the Easterhouse area of of Glasgow
is one of of the 100 so-called Deep End practices that specialises in in addressing poverty-related health needs centre Lorna’s main task is is to keep a
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watchful eye on on patients living with chronic diseases such as as as as diabetes depression and and and heart disease disease to to dispense advice and and and assessment to to to the the others that pass through her her door and and and to to to screen for potentially fatal health problems Death rates from cancer are far higher in in places like Easterhouse than in in in more prosperous communities and Lorna
is determined that as as as many people as as as possible take advantage of potentially life-saving screening tests for bowel cancer cancer cancer breast cancer cancer cancer and cervical cancer cancer cancer When the national bowel screening programme started 12 QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses